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The official music and entertainment news site of American Idol host and American Top 40 on air radio personality!Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:30:37 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0Hilary Duff Talks New Show ‘Younger,’ Says Forthcoming Album Has ‘Personal Stuff’http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/30/hilary-duff-talks-new-show-younger-says-forthcoming-album-has-personal-stuff/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/30/hilary-duff-talks-new-show-younger-says-forthcoming-album-has-personal-stuff/#commentsMon, 30 Mar 2015 14:33:53 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=330049Actress and pop singer Hilary Duff made her long-awaited return to music with the release of her comeback single “Chasing the Sun” last summer. The track, which was followed-up by “All About You,” was the first musical effort from the 27-year-old since 2007’s Dignity.

The former Disney Channel princess, known for her role as Lizzie McGuire, phoned in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Monday morning to discuss her hiatus, the progress of her next album, and her new TV Land series Younger.

“It was not super-intentional,” she explains of her break from acting and singing. “I was kind of living my life and not really caring so much about work. I guess it lasted about two years.”

With Hilary officially back on her grind, her songs “Chasing the Sun,” “All About You,” and new single “Sparks,” which is expected to drop on April 7, will be packaged into her eagerly-awaited fifth studio album. The project was originally set to hit the market last October, but she issued a statement via Twitter that announced the indefinite delay.

“I’m back for more,” she now says of the LP’s progress. “It’s super exciting and I finally have finished my record. It took a long time … It’s taken on a lot of different lives, but it’s at a really great place. I feel relieved.”

According to the starlet, who recently filed for divorce from retired professional hockey player Mike Comrie, her record served as an outlet to relieve stress when she was going through a spiral. This resulted in an album that features some “personal stuff.”

“When I first started, I was kind of in the middle of everything in my personal life,” she reveals. “So it was a big way to release everything I was going through. And then I was listening back and I was like, ‘This is heavy.’ That’s not what I like to listen to for the most part. It’s not really my vibe in general. There’s definitely personal stuff on the record, but it’s more pop and it’s more dance and it feels good.”

As for her highly publicized split from Mike, who is the father of her 3-year-old son Luca Cruz, she says, “It was a long time coming. So I know the whole world watched it all go down, but I feel so good. And he feels good.

“I think the whole situation is sad obviously because we have a little guy involved,” she continues. “So, it’s not ideal, obviously, but we’re both in a really good place and this happened when Luca was little. He doesn’t really know any different.”

Not only will Hilary make a return to music, she will also star as a hotshot book editor named Kelsey Peters in Younger, which she describes as a “female empowerment” show.

“I play this girl, Kelsey Peters, who is pretty motivated and driven in her work life and her personal choices are questionable,” she says. “So, it’s fun to play that for me … The show is all about reinventing yourself, and if and when you get stuck in a rut, or in that wheel of life where you’re just going and not really happy, the show is kind of challenging that. F- it, we can do it.”

You can catch Hilary in Younger when it debuts on Tuesday at 10/9c on TV Land.

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/30/hilary-duff-talks-new-show-younger-says-forthcoming-album-has-personal-stuff/feed/0Jennifer Lopez on ‘Home’ Ballad ‘Feel the Light': I Feel Lucky, My Kids Love Ithttp://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/27/jennifer-lopez-on-home-ballad-feel-the-light-i-feel-lucky-my-kids-love-it/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/27/jennifer-lopez-on-home-ballad-feel-the-light-i-feel-lucky-my-kids-love-it/#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2015 16:38:23 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329973Jennifer Lopez pulled a double duty for Dreamworks’ animated film Home, starring as the voice of Lucy and providing her vocals for the movie’s original track “Feel the Light.”

According to the American Idol judge, she was honored to perform the pensive ballad, and she was even more thrilled that her 7-year-old twins, Max and Emme, really enjoyed her musical contribution in the movie.

“I didn’t write the song,” she tells On Air with Ryan Seacrest. “The song was written by Stargate and it was written for the movie Home. And it was the one that they thought that I should do. I just feel really lucky because I think it’s an amazing song. My kids love it and that’s all that really matters.”

Home, which also stars the voices of Rihanna as Gratuity “Tip” Tucci, Jim Parsons as Oh, and Steve Martin as Captain Smek, is out in theaters now. You can purchase J.Lo’s “Feel the Light” from the Home soundtrack on iTunes here.

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/27/jennifer-lopez-on-home-ballad-feel-the-light-i-feel-lucky-my-kids-love-it/feed/0Jeremy Piven: TV Show ‘Mr. Selfridge’ Is ‘the Best Work That I’ve Ever Done’http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/27/jeremy-piven-tv-show-mr-selfridge-is-the-best-work-that-ive-ever-done/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/27/jeremy-piven-tv-show-mr-selfridge-is-the-best-work-that-ive-ever-done/#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2015 15:56:02 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329920ITV Studios’ Mr. Selfridge is scheduled to make its Season 3 return this Sunday at 9 p.m. on PBS, with Entourage‘s Jeremy Piven reprising his role as Harry Selfridge.

The series runs a premise on the real-life story of Selfridge, a Chicago native who moved to London and became a retail magnate with his eponymous department stores.

“The show is about more than that,” Jeremy told On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Friday. “He was an incredible character. Between nine and five, he was brilliant. At night, he could be a disaster. He loved to gamble and cheated on his wife, and yet, [he] came to his senses.”

The period drama, created by Andrew Davies, was recently renewed for a fourth season with an order of 10 new episodes. The new cycle will mark the return of series regular Tom Goodman-Hill, Ron Cook, Sacha Parkinson, Samuel West, Amy Beth Hayes, Trystan Gravelle, Amanda Abbington, and the introduction of a new character played by Sacha Dhawan.

“It’s a cautionary tale [and] it’s the best work that I’ve ever done,” Piven continues. “It’s challenging when you’re on a station that is funded by the people. They don’t have any money to advertise. So, it’s up to me to be a one-man band. And it’s almost like a pop culture experiment to see how long it takes to possibly break a show with just one man. And I feel like the tide is turning.”

On Friday morning, the star-studded lineup for the May 9 music festival was announced and it could very well be the biggest yet: Kanye West, Calvin Harris, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor, and more will grace the stage at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Held at The Forum in Inglewood, California, the 22-year-old will serve as the host and assist in the distribution of blimps in 21 categories, including favorite song of the year, favorite movie, and favorite talent competition show.

“It’s pretty wild,” Nick, who is nominated for favorite male singer, tells On Air with Ryan Seacreston Thursday. “The people from Nickelodeon love slime more than anything else in the world. And they love watching people having to kind of deal with it afterwards.”

After the network unleashes the slime and hands out the final award, Nick will immediately follow-up his hosting duty by attending Sunday night’s iHeartRadio Music Awards as a performer. He will be performing alongside previously-announced acts Rihanna, Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith, and more.

“I’m going to be singing ‘Chains‘ and it’s a really incredible open to the show,” he reveals. “I don’t want to give anything away, but I am sort of integrated in the beginning in some way. So be watching from the start. This is obviously going to be the biggest and best night of music. I’m thrilled to be a part of the show.”

In the upcoming months following his busy weekend, Nick was originally on the books to open for Iggy Azalea‘s The Great Escape Tour from April to May, but that trek was postponed by the rapper in an attempt to make it “more amazing.” The multi-city concert was rescheduled to now kick off in the fall, but Nick will not be appearing for the reissued dates due to his own headlining tour.

“In the fall whenever she’s going back out, I had already planned a tour for myself,” he explains. “I’m sure her tour is going to be amazing and I’m regretful I can’t be a part of it … At some point in the fall — in between Kingdom and Scream Queens and some of these other projects I’m doing — I’m going to definitely get out on the road and play my music for my fans.”

Much of the successes he achieved in the past couple of months was a product of his rebranding as a solo artist. The former Disney Channel star and his brothers, collectively known as the Jonas Brothers, called it quits in 2013, with Nick deciding to pursue a career of his own with the release of his self-titled solo album. During his interview, he credited his solitary success to the authenticity he puts into his creative work.

“I think that the main thing for me was just about staying true to who I am and making something that was real to me and came from a really honest place,” he said. “The minute I kind of let go a little bit and said, ‘Alright, I’m willing to sort of dive in and lose myself and kind of just get lost in the art.’ [Then] ‘Jealous’ came about and some other songs that were meaningful for this next chapter. It’s incredible to watch it grow. I’m also having the time of my life.”

One song that didn’t make his Nick Jonas release was a duet “Afterglow” with good friend Demi Lovato. Will the cut, which serves as the duo’s follow-up to “Avalanche,” appear on Demi’s forthcoming album? Unfortunately, the two don’t have a solid plan for its release just yet.

“We’ve actually been talking about that a lot recently,” he reveals. “Demi and I are managed by the same person as well, so that kind of makes it easy. So planning all the music she and I have written will be worked out soon, but that song in particular I think is a beautiful song. I’m hoping we can throw that on a bonus track or maybe even a soundtrack for a movie one day. I think it’ll be perfect for that.”

Be sure to watch Nick host the Kids’ Choice Awards this Saturday at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon, and don’t miss his performance at Sunday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards at 8 p.m. on NBC.

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/26/nick-jonas-talks-ihrmas-and-kcas-teases-demi-lovato-assisted-song-afterglow/feed/0E! News’ Ken Baker Sheds Some Light on Zayn Malik Leaving One Directionhttp://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/26/e-news-ken-baker-sheds-some-light-on-zayn-malik-leaving-one-direction/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/26/e-news-ken-baker-sheds-some-light-on-zayn-malik-leaving-one-direction/#commentsThu, 26 Mar 2015 13:59:24 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329762Millions of One Direction fans were rocked on Wednesday by the news that Zayn Malik was leaving the group after five years and four hit albums together.

“My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined,” Zayn, 22, said in a statement, just days after announcing that he was taking a break from the boy band. “But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. I’d like to apologise to the fans if I’ve let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart. I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.”

“It comes as a shock to a lot of fans because there was the hope that he was going to re-join the group this weekend when they went to Johannesburg, South Africa and started a new leg of the tour,” explained E! News’ Ken Baker when he called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday morning. “That was never confirmed, that was just wishful thinking on the part of the fans, but not only is that not going to happen, it’s definitive: He’s done.”

So then what’s next for Zayn? “He says in his statement that he just wants to relax and be a normal 22-year-old,” adds Ken. “He doesn’t say he wants to pursue other things on his own. It sounds like he just needs a break and to walk away.”

Although 1D has vowed to continue on as a quartet — Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne — Ken believes there’s a chance a new fifth member could be added at some point to replace Zayn.

“There is an opportunity to add a fifth and sort of make that a big to-do,” he says. “I think it’s too soon, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you see them dabble with some guest performers and things like that down the road.”

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/26/e-news-ken-baker-sheds-some-light-on-zayn-malik-leaving-one-direction/feed/0Sophia Amoruso Talks Creating Nasty Gal Empire, Best-Selling ‘#GirlBoss’ Bookhttp://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/25/sophia-amoruso-talks-creating-nasty-gal-empire-best-selling-girlboss-book/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/25/sophia-amoruso-talks-creating-nasty-gal-empire-best-selling-girlboss-book/#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2015 14:38:29 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329567Sophia Amoruso was 22-years-old when she dropped out of college and worked as a security guard checking IDs for the sole purpose of health insurance.

On the side, she began an eBay solo project called Nasty Gal Vintage, which curated clothing she found dumpster diving, at thrift shop bins, and Googling misspelled designer names because she figured those who can’t spell high-end labels don’t know its worth.

Using Myspace as a vehicle to market her online store, she began to recruit a strong following of 20-something women who admire her trendy and creative fashion taste. Labeled as the “fastest growing retailer” by Inc. Magazine in 2012, Nasty Gal is now a full-fledged brand with a boutique on Melrose Avenue — one of Los Angeles’ most-famous areas for shopping, dining, and entertainment.

“Now we’re our own business,” Sophia, now 30, told On Air with Ryan Seacrest in-studio on Wednesday. “We have our own store on Melrose and most of our business is still online, so it’s NastyGal.com. And today we design, and house, and we also curate a selection of brands from across the globe, and we still sell vintage.”

Prior to the rise of her fashion empire, which reportedly exceeded sales of $100 million in 2012, Sophia had a checkered past of shoplifting. She often turned to the five-finger discount method — ranging anywhere from books to CDs — to snag items she would later flip online.

“Nothing that I sold on Nasty Gal was stolen,” she clarifies. “[Stealing] was [when I was] pre-deciding to be an entrepreneur. I was like, ‘I don’t like working for other people, f- the system. I’m going to steal CDs from Starbucks and sell them on Amazon.’ I guess that was like my first foray into entrepreneurism and the first stuff I did sell online was stolen. But it was long before I started Nasty Gal, and I learned the hardest way that that doesn’t pay off.”

Eight years later, the entrepreneur — who recently stepped down as Nasty Gal’s CEO and handed the leadership role to company president Sheree Waterson — published her New York Times best-selling book #GIRLBOSS. The 256-page hardback serves as a business guide, career advisor, and memoir of her trek through the world of entrepreneurism.

A photo posted by Sophia Amoruso (@sophia_amoruso) on May 14, 2014 at 2:46pm PDT

“Everyone has like some prescription and that is like, you can buy a pill that can make you thin,” she says, “you can buy a book that has 10 steps for how you can achieve X, Y, or Z, but I don’t really believe that anybody necessarily has the answers. So the book is very much like a gift in that it’s like, here’s my story, and here’s some common sense and advice that I learned.

“The end of the book is really like, ‘Hey, throw all my advice away, figure it out for yourself, this is your story,'” she continues. “You can learn something from what I’ve done, but maybe not. Maybe you can take pieces of it. It’s just like giving people permission to build their stories on their own and not feel like they have to fit what they’re doing into any kind of mold.”

Up next for Sophia is the grand-opening of her second Los Angeles-based Nasty Gal shop in the heart of Santa Monica on the 3rd Street Promenade. The celebration, which features live music, a photo booth, nail wraps, and discounts, starts at 12 p.m. this Friday and rolls all through the weekend.

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/25/sophia-amoruso-talks-creating-nasty-gal-empire-best-selling-girlboss-book/feed/0New ‘Late Late Show’ Host James Corden Is Planning Surprise With Tom Hankshttp://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/23/new-late-late-show-host-james-corden-is-planning-surprise-with-tom-hanks/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/23/new-late-late-show-host-james-corden-is-planning-surprise-with-tom-hanks/#commentsMon, 23 Mar 2015 13:58:10 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329323Following the announcement of Craig Ferguson‘s departure from The Late Late Show in February, CBS has tapped British star James Corden to host its late-night program.

Ahead of his inaugural broadcast tonight, March 23, the guest list was announced on Friday, promising appearances from Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis on the first night, an interview with Chris Pine the following day, and Get Hard stars Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell the evening after. Modest Mouse, Echosmith, OK Go, and more are also on the books to attend Corden’s show as musical guests.

“We’re just going to try our best to make a show that is warm and doesn’t exclude anyone,” he told On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Monday. “And hopefully, we’ll be able to put a smile before, or more likely, whilst you sleep at night.”

Corden is planning to kick off his new gig on a high note by orchestrating a surprise he’s been “rehearsing” with Hanks, who has already astonished fans this year with his cameo in Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “I Really Really Like You” video and his impromptu Girl Scout cookies distribution in Los Altos, California.

“We’re rehearsing something, which I hope will be special, but we’ll see,” teases Corden. “There are costumes involved, very much so. There are a variety. I hope it’s going to be good. It could go disastrously wrong, but then so could the whole thing, let’s be honest.”

The Late Late Show with James Corden premieres tonight at 12:35 a.m. on CBS.

]]>http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/23/new-late-late-show-host-james-corden-is-planning-surprise-with-tom-hanks/feed/0Katy Perry Talks ‘Prismatic World Tour’ TV Special, Reflects on Super Bowl Performancehttp://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/20/katy-perry-talks-prismatic-world-tour-tv-special-reflects-on-super-bowl-performance/
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2015/03/20/katy-perry-talks-prismatic-world-tour-tv-special-reflects-on-super-bowl-performance/#commentsFri, 20 Mar 2015 14:45:34 +0000http://www.ryanseacrest.com/?p=329198Katy Perry is currently trekking the globe for The Prismatic World Tour in support of her fourth studio album, PRISM. The outing, which kicked off on June 22, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina, takes the singer-songwriter through North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, China, Philippines, and South America, and more.

The follow-up tour to 2011’s California Dreams was documented for a television special that will premiere exclusively via EPIX on Saturday, March 28, at 8 p.m. The two-hour spot will provide fans with a living room experience of her eye-popping theatrics, state-of-the-art production, and set list comprised of her hits anywhere from “Firework” to her latest single “This Is How We Do.”

“The Prismatic World Tour is crazy and it’s not a joke,” she told On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Friday. “We did 127 shows. I’m very tired, obviously, but still standing, still kicking, [and] I feel about 56 [-years-old] right now.”

The world television premiere of her tour will be available for EPIX subscribers across all platforms, including On Air, Online & On Demand, and the EPIX app. However, all fans — not just subscribers — will have access to stream the special on EPIX.com and on the EPIX apps during the free preview weekend from March 26 to 29.

“We’ll everybody should tune in because I got to film this amazing show,” Katy continues. “And I’m very proud of it, and it’s an amazing show full of a lot of the songs people are familiar with, because I always know that [it's] always very important when going to tour is [to] sing the songs that people have made memories to. I created like seven different worlds. There’s so many different costumes and things to look at and wonderful remixes.”

As she powers through her global domination that concludes on October 12 in Puerto Rico, the “Roar” singer has refrained from working on any new material during her marathon of arena shows. The California girl revealed that working on a new album, or penning a track in general, while on the road isn’t part of her creative M.O.

“I never work on the road,” says KP. “I kind of separate the two because I just feel like it’s just such a hard task to go on tour all over the world and then to have the days off in a recording studio — I’m just already so tired. I want to sound good, I want to be writing great songs, and I need to experience life so that I actually have something to write about. So, I like to kind of experience in between and I’m taking notes along the way. I’m taking a lot of notes. I think it would be cool and pretty chill if I took a couple months off. I don’t think anybody is going to say I don’t deserve that.”

In between her massive tour, the multi-platinum pop star signed on as the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show performer on February 1, during which she brought out Lenny Kravitz for “I Kissed a Girl,” and surprised viewers with hip-hop boss Missy Elliott. According to Nielsen data via Billboard, the legendary, 13-minute spectacle was seen by 118.5 million viewers, beating out previous record-holder Bruno Mars by 3.2 million viewers.

“It changed one particular shark’s career,” she jokes, acknowledging the massive fame received by the dancing “left shark.” “It’s the most-watched thing that has ever been on TV in the history of American television. So I love having that kind of standard, but it was exciting and thrilling and we prepared so much for it. I wouldn’t say over-prepared, but by the time I had stepped on that line, I had done it 40 times and I could’ve done it in my sleep.”

To get herself in the right head space before taking the stage, Katy mentally removed herself from the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots brawl by turning off the TV, lighting candles, and reliving her pre-teen music career by playing gospel music.

“I played two songs, ‘Oh Happy Day‘ and ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow,’ which were songs I grew up singing when I first started singing at 9-years-old,” she reveals. “So I kind of took myself back to the moment where everything was about music and the feat of the moment of my music career. I was really quite proud and I didn’t trip. I like that we had real fun with it. Especially when the ‘Teenage Dream‘ and ‘California Gurls‘ part came and everything had eyes and was singing along and it was this cute puppetry. I feel everyone couldn’t help but smile during that moment.”

With a Super Bowl performance and ultra-successful world tour listed on her glowing resume, is Katy ready to settle down and start a family? The 30-year-old confused the Internet on Tuesday when she uploaded a photo of herself wearing a gold necklace that read “mom.”

“I am a mother to all of the Katy Cats,” she slammed pregnancy speculations. “They call me mom. It’s like an Internet thing.”

And if she’ll be procreating any time soon, Katy says now is not the time: “Listen, I’m on tour and I’ve done 127 tour dates so far. It wouldn’t be appropriate at this point right now, but I am the mother to all the Katy Cats and that’s what I posted on Instagram.”

The grainy image captures Holmes, 36, who finalized her divorce with Tom Cruise in 2012, on her phone while Foxx, 47, appears to be holding her hand. According to Us‘ source, “Jamie is someone she can trust and have fun with. She’s getting everything from Jamie that she didn’t get with Tom.”

“This is not new,” he says. “I can confirm that they have been around each other … I think that what is new is, they recently did have a meeting for this animated projected, and they needed to be doing rehearsals and things like that. So that’s why they’ve been seen together, but socially, they haven’t been seen [together] in two years.”

Foxx, who will host the iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 29, even insisted that the rumors are “100 percent not true” in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. According to the “You Changed Me” singer, he finds the gossip “hilarious” because he was simply dancing with Katie for a charity event.

“The idea that they could somehow be having a secret relationship over the last couple of years is ridiculous,” Ken concludes.

For more entertainment news, be sure to tune in to E! News on weeknights at 7 and 11 p.m.